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+id: 2026-02-27T19:00:57-05:00
+aliases: []
+title: "2026-02-27 19:00:57"
+tags:
+  - authorship/original
+  - destiny/permanent
+  - status/draft
+  - type/timestamped
+dg-publish: true
+date-created: 2026-02-27T19:00:57-05:00
+daily: "[[2026-02-27]]"
+weekly: "[[2026-W09]]"
+monthly: "[[2026-02]]"
+quarterly: "[[2026-Q1]]"
+yearly: "[[2026]]"
+---
+# 2026-02-27 19:00:57
+
+## Attribution
+
+> [!info]
+> This is a more objective explanation of my opinion on attribution
+> see the previous note [[2026-02-27_17-48-43]]
+> for a less formal discussion.
+
+>[!quote] [[README#Attribution]]
+> ## Attribution
+> 
+> Please do not credit my work
+> unless you are obligated to by formal standards.
+
+I'll concede that I hold this preference
+in large part _because_ it's unpopular,
+but let it not be said that I don't have reasons.
+
+The academic value of written work is,
+with very few exceptions,[^1]
+independent of its author.
+
+[^1]: Testimony of firsthand witnesses to events,
+    though biases and the deterioration of memory
+    make it not so much better than baseless speculation
+    when compared to video evidence.
+
+This point is not controversial,
+it is understood that Warren Buffet's analysis of the stock market can be flawed
+even though he is a very successful trader.
+
+If despite this you
+I am lead to two conclusions:
+
+1. you believe the author's person is relevant (you are foolish)
+2. you believe _I_ believe the author's person is relevant (you believe I am foolish)
+
+But I rarely believe either of these in earnest
+because the fallibility of experts is almost universally understood.
+
+I'm not educated, but I've known many subject matter experts;
+electricians that have been so
+for over half as long as the profession has existed in earnest.
+I have known them to be as fallible
+but I know you've been in my shoes
+and experienced the same in your own profession,
+so we can share this secret and recognize
+that no expert's word can be trusted
+on the merit of their "experience".
+
+> [!quote] John Dewey, _Experience and Education_ (1938)
+> Experience is inevitable, learning is not.[^2]
+
+Damn it.
+
+[^2]: Dewey never says this in _Experience and Education_,
+    or really anything so quotable.
+    It's a popular paraphrasing of ideas expressed throughout the book,
+    however from a cursory reading it doesn't seem to be one
+    Dewey would agree was especially relevant.
+
+
+This being the case, I'm lead to a secret third option:
+
+3. You believe the idea is relevant,
+    but want to deny responsibility for its application.
+
+Lorem ipsum set amet...
+
+I consider it a glowing endorsement
+when my ideas are thought good enough by others to claim as their own,
+and I'm tempted to say that those frustrated by the same
+need an ego adjustment.